Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C

par PanosGR Sam 2 Aoû 2014 - 18:03

I'm not used to building 1/72 scale kits but started this airfix mirage for a nephew of mine, so it's also a chance to test the camouflage colors. Will make the greek EGM with the decals provided by the kit, skipping any modifications needed for a proper depiction of the version (such as the arresting hook, some antennas on the vertical stabiliser)

Quick build, after one week finished assembly and sanding.
Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C P7250010

Basic colors brush painted with humbrol enamels.
Grey: Light ghost grey 127 + about 20% white
Blue: Intermediate blue 144 + 50% light ghost grey 127 + few drops of white + few drops of mediterranean blue 48
Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C P8020010

Still have to paint other details before applying a gloss coat for the decals.
cheers

par MiLou Sam 2 Aoû 2014 - 18:37

Hi PanosGR,

You've done a very good job on this Mirage!... Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C 10375203

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In my opinion, colors seems to be near from the real one's!

He will have a superb desk top model... Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Alcooli2

Best regards,

Henri.

P.S. : sorry for my very bad writing english!... Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Soif071

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par Dreamcatcher Dim 3 Aoû 2014 - 19:13

Hi !

Nice build, thanks for sharing with us, i look forward the next steps !

Best regards

par PanosGR Lun 4 Aoû 2014 - 13:12

Thank you Henri and Dreamcatcher!

Finished painting, ready for another varnish coat. I already applied one coat before painting details so as to protect basic colors.
The painted part of the nose should be smaller, i used humbrol 126.
Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C P8040010

You can see some of the external details on this EGM.
Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Photo_10

Best regards!

par Invité Lun 4 Aoû 2014 - 19:08

Nice photo, and the painting is remarkably done .

par PanosGR Lun 11 Aoû 2014 - 22:26

Thank you pifoux!

I call it finished after almost a month.

Had an accident with a couple decals.
The insignias are light blue and from what i have read, they have been kept during their first years of operation in HAF before the color changed to a darker blue. Same light shade is used nowadays by the upgrated and new delivered -5's.
Applied a wash to the engraved lines (most of them are raised) and tried to do some additional weathering with oil colors, even though the specific aircraft crashed after four years in service with the 331 sq.
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I hope you like it! Thanks for your time Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Alcooli4

par danduq Mer 13 Aoû 2014 - 7:33

Great job !!!! Bravo

par Castor Mer 13 Aoû 2014 - 8:46

G' day,

Well done! Very nice paint and weathering jobs. Did you use only brushes?

par PanosGR Mer 13 Aoû 2014 - 21:39

Thank you both for your kind words! Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Merci1

Everything is done with brush.

par Rayak17 Mer 13 Aoû 2014 - 23:44

Great !
Nice brush painting !
Well done Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Alcooli2

par Orwell Jeu 14 Aoû 2014 - 0:16

that's pretty impressive, nice brushwork. :affraid:
congrats

par PanosGR Dim 31 Aoû 2014 - 18:26

Thank you Mushu17 and Orwell! Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Alcooli4

par Gouffon Bernard Lun 1 Sep 2014 - 7:49

Désolé d' utiliser la langue de Molière...mon anglais me permet juste de commander une Giness ! très joli montage et peinture,bravo.Que vaut la maquette Airfix par rapport à ses concurrentes ?

par PanosGR Jeu 4 Sep 2014 - 12:14

Gouffon Bernard a écrit:Désolé d' utiliser la langue de Molière...mon anglais me permet juste de commander une Giness ! très joli montage et peinture,bravo.Que vaut la maquette Airfix par rapport à ses concurrentes ?

Bonjour et merci pour vos commentaires.
Il n'y a pas de problème avec la langue, même si j'ai fait quelques cours de français à l'école, mais je ne peux que rappeler les bases et je vais essayer de répondre à votre question avec l'aide de la technologie.

J'ai surtout construire 1/48 modèles et la raison pour laquelle je l'ai choisi le kit Airfix que c'était la seule monoplace avec des decals pour un thème grec. D'après ce que j'ai lu, Heller Mirages, dans les deux échelles 1/72 et 1/48, sont le plus correct dans la forme et les dimensions.

par PanosGR Ven 26 Sep 2014 - 16:14

I've placed the kit on a base i made, out of air-hardening clay that i put inside of the upper part of a plastic cup which used as a mold and gave that form, while having fingers constantly moisturised.
When it dried, i sanded it with a waterproof sandpaper and primed it with a spray can before painting it with black enamel. I finally, processed the badge and text to a word document and printed it to photo printing paper.
Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C P9260010

It is supported on a piece of sprue i slightly bended. I heated the one end and sticked it immediately to 2mm hole i drilled on hard surface and came out a pin that fitted to a same size hole to the underside of the model. The other end, i just sticked it to the clay before it dries.
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Kind regards! Airfix 1/72 Mirage 2000C Coucou30

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